Posts Tagged ‘Preservation’
Do We Still Have God’s Words? The Preservation of Scripture (Part 3)
Part 1 of this series explored several observations that imply the preservation of Scripture. Part 2 examined several biblical texts that assume and expect its preservation. One final point remains to be developed. THE HISTORY OF SCRIPTURE DISPLAYS THE MEANS OF PRESERVATION It’s common—and correct—to specify that the doctrine of inspiration refers to the original…
Read MoreDo We Still Have God’s Words? The Preservation of Scripture (Part 2)
The previous post explored four observations from which we can infer the necessity for a doctrine of preservation: the divine act of Scripture, the express purpose of Scripture, the inherent authority of Scripture, and the divine purpose of God to glorify himself among all the nations. This post turns to a more direct question: Does…
Read MoreDo We Still Have God’s Words? The Preservation of Scripture (Part 1)
Jeremiah 36 contains one of the Bible’s most astonishing stories about the Bible. This word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: Take a scroll of a book and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke…
Read MoreWhat Is the Preservation of Scripture?
Has God preserved a fixed master copy of the Scriptures? God has preserved His written Word. We have the Bible. But He has done so providentially, not miraculously. Once upon a time, there were two brothers who printed a Greek New Testament in 1633. They wrote in the preface a bit of good advertising. Their…
Read MoreWhat is Loyalty to the Word?
By Kevin Schaal This article first appeared in FrontLine • May/June 2008. It accompanies the 2008 FBFI resolution, “Loyalty to God and His Word: Resolution Affirming the Biblical View of Inspiration, Texts, and Translation” attached to the end of this article. The article also appears here. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. One of…
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